https://techreport.com/The Tech Report - NewsPC Hardware ExploredMon, 19 Mar 2018 16:41:00 -0500http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/qiA-pslB2ts/directx-12-dxr-and-nvidia-rtx-bring-real-time-ray-tracing-to-3d-engineshttps://techreport.com/news/33392/directx-12-dxr-and-nvidia-rtx-bring-real-time-ray-tracing-to-3d-enginesDirectX 12 DXR and Nvidia RTX bring real-time ray-tracing to 3D engines<p>Real-time <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_tracing_(graphics)">ray tracing</a> has been the elusive Holy Grail of computer graphics as long as there have been computer graphics. Ray tracing has long been used in films and other places where it&#39;s okay to take a few hours or more to render a single frame, but historically the technology&#39;s just been too demanding to use in games. That said, computers have gotten <em>awfully</em> <em>fast </em>in the past couple decades. Microsoft and Nvidia both announced new software at GDC that could help bring real-time ray tracing to upcoming games: <a href="http://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/directx/2018/03/19/announcing-microsoft-directx-raytracing/">DirectX 12 DXR</a> and <a href="http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-rtx-technology-realizes-dream-of-real-time-cinematic-rendering">Nvidia RTX</a>.</p><p><img height="351" src="/r.x/2018_03_19_Microsoft_and_Nvidia_announce_real_time_ray_tracing_tech/rt.jpg" width="620" /> <br /> This is ...</p><p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33392/directx-12-dxr-and-nvidia-rtx-bring-real-time-ray-tracing-to-3d-engines">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/qiA-pslB2ts" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:41:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33392/directx-12-dxr-and-nvidia-rtx-bring-real-time-ray-tracing-to-3d-engineshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/lbTcoYbm8SA/asrock-j5005-itx-fanless-board-packs-pentium-silver-powerhttps://techreport.com/news/33390/asrock-j5005-itx-fanless-board-packs-pentium-silver-powerASRock J5005-ITX fanless board packs Pentium Silver power<p>We&#39;ve seen a <a href="https://techreport.com/news/33341/asus-prime-j4005i-c-motherboard-swims-in-gemini-lake">number of boards</a> based on <a href="https://techreport.com/news/32945/intel-pentium-gold-chips-now-have-silver-siblings">Intel&#39;s latest Goldmont SoCs</a>, but the models <a href="/news/33252/gigabyte-details-the-ports-and-plugs-of-its-j4005n-d2p-gemini-lake-mobo">we looked at</a> all used the silicon maker&#39;s two-core, two-thread <a href="https://ark.intel.com/products/128992/Intel-Celeron-Processor-J4005-4M-Cache-up-to-2_70-GHz">Celeron J4005</a> chip rather than the faster <a href="https://ark.intel.com/products/128984/Intel-Pentium-Silver-Processor-J5005-4M-Cache-up-to-2_80-GHz">Pentium Silver J5005</a> processor. That changes with <a href="http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/J5005-ITX/index.asp#Overview">ASRock&#39;s J5005-ITX</a>, a board that packs the four cores, four threads, and substantially-faster UHD Graphics 605 of the Pentium Silver J5005 chip into a fanless Mini-ITX form factor.</p><p><img height="620" src="/r.x/2018_03_19_ASRock_J5005_ITX_packs_Pentium_Silver_power/04.jpg" width="511" /> ...</p><p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33390/asrock-j5005-itx-fanless-board-packs-pentium-silver-power">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/lbTcoYbm8SA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:20:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33390/asrock-j5005-itx-fanless-board-packs-pentium-silver-powerhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/IMu_r7VgE6c/nimbus-data-exadrive-dc100-ssd-is-as-roomy-as-they-comehttps://techreport.com/news/33391/nimbus-data-exadrive-dc100-ssd-is-as-roomy-as-they-comeNimbus Data's ExaDrive DC100 SSD is as roomy as they come<p>When SSDs started to show up in PC build guides for enthusiasts, the first question on my mind was &quot;why are they 2.5&quot; drives?&quot; As it turns out, SSDs are complex devices and making them physically bigger isn&#39;t necessarily going to increase their capacity. There are some exceptions, though, like Nimbus Data&#39;s new <a href="http://nimbusdata.com/products/exadrive-platform/scalable-ssds/">ExaDrive DC100</a>. The name is informative enough&mdash;this drive is a datacenter-focused SSD that holds <em>one hundred terabytes</em>.</p><p><img height="605" src="/r.x/2018_03_19_Nimbus_Data_announces_100TB_ExaDrive_DC100_SSD/exadrive.jpg" width="420" /> ...</p><p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33391/nimbus-data-exadrive-dc100-ssd-is-as-roomy-as-they-come">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/IMu_r7VgE6c" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:20:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33391/nimbus-data-exadrive-dc100-ssd-is-as-roomy-as-they-comehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/sxUpp_MH2mk/htc-vive-pro-vr-headset-gets-a-hefty-price-tag-and-a-release-datehttps://techreport.com/news/33387/htc-vive-pro-vr-headset-gets-a-hefty-price-tag-and-a-release-dateHTC Vive Pro VR headset gets a hefty price tag and a release date<p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33068/htc-vive-pro-offers-a-higher-resolution-window-into-virtual-worlds">We wrote about</a> HTC&#39;s announcement of the upcoming high-end <a href="https://www.vive.com/us/product/vive-pro/">Vive Pro VR headset</a> just before CES a couple of months ago. Back then, the company was happy to talk about the Pro&#39;s 78% pixel count increase versus the original Vive (from 1080x1200 per eye to a screen-door-effect-reducing 1440x1600 per eyeball), but wouldn&#39;t let on the asking price for the higher-res model. <a href="https://blog.vive.com/us/2018/03/19/htc-vive-announces-price-vive-pro-hmd-799-pre-orders-start-today-price-vive-reduced-499/">HTC&#39;s now revealed that the Vive Pro will go for $799 for the headset alone</a>. The standard Vive kit also got a permanent $100 price cut.</p><p><img height="444" src="/r.x/2018_03_19_HTC_gives_Vive_Pro_VR_headset_a_price_and_release_date/desktop-mian-min.jpg" width="620" /> ...</p><p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33387/htc-vive-pro-vr-headset-gets-a-hefty-price-tag-and-a-release-date">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/sxUpp_MH2mk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 11:15:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33387/htc-vive-pro-vr-headset-gets-a-hefty-price-tag-and-a-release-datehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/nMcHuC2g3ms/rumor-apple-could-begin-making-its-own-micro-led-screenshttps://techreport.com/news/33388/rumor-apple-could-begin-making-its-own-micro-led-screensRumor: Apple could begin making its own micro-LED screens<p>It doesn&#39;t take a genius to realize that there&#39;s no love lost between Apple and its suppliers, including but not limited to Samsung. The two companies have been bitter rivals in the smartphone space for nearly a decade despite the fact that Samsung supplies many components for Apple&#39;s devices, including the OLED display in the iPhone X. The pair&#39;s&nbsp;partnership may get a little less fruitful for Samsung soon. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-19/apple-is-said-to-develop-displays-to-replace-samsung-screens">Bloomberg reports</a> that Apple is secretly working on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroLED">micro-LED display technology</a> to eventually use on its own devices.</p><p>For those not in the know, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroLED">micro-LED</a> is a new type of display closely related to OLED. Essentially, it skips the backlight-and-filter approach of liquid crystal displays and instead forms subpixels out of microscopic ...</p><p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33388/rumor-apple-could-begin-making-its-own-micro-led-screens">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/nMcHuC2g3ms" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 09:25:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33388/rumor-apple-could-begin-making-its-own-micro-led-screenshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/iF3VPLNw7Wo/lenovo-mirage-solo-standalone-daydream-headset-shows-up-for-pre-orderhttps://techreport.com/news/33386/lenovo-mirage-solo-standalone-daydream-headset-shows-up-for-pre-orderLenovo Mirage Solo standalone Daydream headset shows up for pre-order<p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/31931/google-shows-off-standalone-daydream-vr-headsets">Google showed off its Daydream standalone VR platform</a> back in May of last year. At the time, HTC and Lenovo both said they would bring Daydream headsets to market before the end of 2017. <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/14/16648112/htc-vive-focus-standalone-headset-announced-daydream-cancelled">HTC eventually gave up</a> on Google&#39;s platform in favor of its own for the <a href="/news/32831/htc-focus-vr-headset-stands-alone-with-six-degrees-of-freedom">Vive Focus standalone unit</a>, and Lenovo has been pretty quiet on the matter until today. A product page for the PC maker&#39;s Mirage Solo headset <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1395237-REG/lenovo_za3c0003us_mirage_solo_vr_headset.html">has now appeared at B&amp;H</a>.</p><p><img height="449" src="/r.x/2018_03_16_Lenovo_Mirage_Solo_Google_Daydream_headset_shows_up_for_pre_order/solo.jpg" width="620" /> ...</p><p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33386/lenovo-mirage-solo-standalone-daydream-headset-shows-up-for-pre-order">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/iF3VPLNw7Wo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:45:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33386/lenovo-mirage-solo-standalone-daydream-headset-shows-up-for-pre-orderhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/DrK54NOLgMM/rumor-info-on-upcoming-coffee-lake-cpus-leakedhttps://techreport.com/news/33385/rumor-info-on-upcoming-coffee-lake-cpus-leakedRumor: Info on upcoming Coffee Lake CPUs leaked<p>It&#39;s easy for us enthusiasts to forget that <a href="/review/32642/intel-core-i7-8700k-cpu-reviewed">the high-powered CPUs we favor</a> aren&#39;t even a majority of the market. Intel still has a whole bundle of desktop Coffee Lake CPUs to launch, and it looks like they&#39;re on the way sooner than later. Videocardz <a href="https://videocardz.com/75262/asus-and-amazon-list-upcoming-coffee-lake-s-processors">has a list of chips</a> that either popped up on Amazon for pre-order or were found in listings on Asus&#39; website.</p><p>All the new chips have TDPs of 65 W or below and fill out the remainder of Intel&#39;s eighth-generation desktop ...</p><p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33385/rumor-info-on-upcoming-coffee-lake-cpus-leaked">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/DrK54NOLgMM" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:48:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33385/rumor-info-on-upcoming-coffee-lake-cpus-leakedhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/4TTO9qbq020/microsoft-offers-250-000-bounty-for-speculative-execution-bugshttps://techreport.com/news/33384/microsoft-offers-250-000-bounty-for-speculative-execution-bugsMicrosoft offers $250,000 bounty for speculative-execution bugs<p>The <a href="https://techreport.com/news/33026/researchers-reveal-meltdown-and-spectre-cpu-exploits">January reveal of the Meltdown and Spectre</a> speculative-execution attacks sent ripples through the entire computer industry. Part of Intel&#39;s response was a <a href="https://techreport.com/news/33248/intel-boosts-its-bug-bounty-program-rewards-to-250-000">boost in bug-hunting bounties</a> up to a cool quarter-million dollars for finding side-channel vulnerabilities. Microsoft has now joined the party and ponied up <a href="https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2018/03/14/speculative-execution-bounty-launch/">a $250,000 bounty of its own</a> for the identification of speculative-execution flaws. Like Intel&#39;s payout bump, Microsoft&#39;s program has a ticking clock&mdash;it&#39;ll end when 2019 comes around.</p><p>Microsoft&#39;s payout program has four tiers, shown in the table below. The biggest award is handed for discovering a new class of speculative-execution attacks. The company has a <a href="https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/03/15/mitigating-speculative-execution-side-channel-hardware-vulnerabilities/">separate blog post with more technical information</a> ...</p><p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33384/microsoft-offers-250-000-bounty-for-speculative-execution-bugs">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/4TTO9qbq020" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:45:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33384/microsoft-offers-250-000-bounty-for-speculative-execution-bugshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/pP9EpB-OQzY/report-3-5-of-world-march-nand-supply-lost-to-outage-at-samsung-fabhttps://techreport.com/news/33383/report-3-5-of-world-march-nand-supply-lost-to-outage-at-samsung-fabReport: 3.5% of world's March NAND supply lost to outage at Samsung fab<p>I just had a hard drive fail on me, and I&#39;m not looking forward to buying more spinning rust for my desktop. Unfortunately for me, it doesn&#39;t look like flash memory prices will be falling any time soon. <a href="https://technews.tw/2018/03/13/samsung-nand-flash-factory-power-failure/?id=ecmy1432018">TechNews of Taiwan reports</a> that Samsung&#39;s massive NAND flash memory plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, surprisingly suffered a roughly 30-minute power outage on March 9. Due to the outage, Samsung reportedly lost between 50,000 and 60,000 wafers, or around 11% of its flash production for March.</p><p>TechNews goes on to say that number amounts to around 3.5% of the world-wide flash memory production for this month. The site remarks that foreign investors don&#39;t expect the accident to have a major impact on Samsung&#39;s profitability or future operations, owing to the fact that Samsung apparently has ...</p><p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33383/report-3-5-of-world-march-nand-supply-lost-to-outage-at-samsung-fab">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/pP9EpB-OQzY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:17:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33383/report-3-5-of-world-march-nand-supply-lost-to-outage-at-samsung-fabhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/tmpYwBvmLI0/report-ryzen-2000-series-desktop-cpu-pre-orders-pop-uphttps://techreport.com/news/33381/report-ryzen-2000-series-desktop-cpu-pre-orders-pop-upReport: Ryzen 2000-series desktop CPU pre-orders pop up<p><a href="https://videocardz.com/75337/amd-ryzen-7-2700x-and-ryzen-5-2600x-available-for-preorders">Videocardz reports</a> that online retailers in a number of countries in North America and Europe have pre-order pages for <a href="https://techreport.com/review/33046/amd-lays-out-its-ryzen-and-radeon-plans-for-2018-and-beyond-at-ces/2">AMD&#39;s second-generation &quot;Zen+&quot; Ryzen 2000-series desktop processors</a>. AMD&#39;s opening salvo reportedly includes the six-core, 12-thread Ryzen 5 2600 and 2600X, plus the eight-core, 16-thread Ryzen 7 2700 and 2700X. The 2700X appears to be the fastest processor in the line, at least for the time being. The new chips are expected to share much in common with AMD&#39;s first-generation Ryzen chips but are <a href="/review/33046/amd-lays-out-its-ryzen-and-radeon-plans-for-2018-and-beyond-at-ces/2">built using Global Foundries&#39; 12LP process technology</a> rather than the silicon maker&#39;s 14LPP node.</p><p><img height="143" src="/r.x/2018_03_15_Report_Ryzen_2000_desktop_CPU_pre_orders_pop_up/cpuroadmap.jpg" width="620" /> ...</p><p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33381/report-ryzen-2000-series-desktop-cpu-pre-orders-pop-up">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/tmpYwBvmLI0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:59:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33381/report-ryzen-2000-series-desktop-cpu-pre-orders-pop-uphttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/Ygxjbou8x20/thursday-deals-a-raft-of-sweet-laptops-and-a-ton-of-discount-codeshttps://techreport.com/news/33382/thursday-deals-a-raft-of-sweet-laptops-and-a-ton-of-discount-codesThursday deals: a raft of sweet laptops and a ton of discount codes<p>Good afternoon, gerbils. It looks like I&#39;m finally going to be on the receiving end of some rays of sunshine next week. I&#39;m already planning a few outings and picking out the cool t-shirts I&#39;ll be wearing. I assume that Americans everywhere are already dusting off their BBQ grills. It&#39;s a new season, and there&#39;s new hardware on sale. Check it out.</p><p><img height="412" src="/r.x/2018_03_15_Thursday_deals_a_raft_of_sweet_laptops_and_a_ton_of_discount_codes/acer-nitro-5.jpg" width="620" /> ...</p><p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33382/thursday-deals-a-raft-of-sweet-laptops-and-a-ton-of-discount-codes">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/Ygxjbou8x20" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:13:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33382/thursday-deals-a-raft-of-sweet-laptops-and-a-ton-of-discount-codeshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/Tt8yRPBa0hs/everything-you-think-is-wrong-day-shortbreadhttps://techreport.com/news/33377/everything-you-think-is-wrong-day-shortbreadEverything You Think is Wrong Day ShortbreadMondays, amiright? <br />
PC hardware and computing <br />
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Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10 review @ <a href="https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Mobile/Huawei-MediaPad-M3-Lite-10-Review">PC Perspective</a> <br />
Analyzing Threadripper thermals @ <a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/12454/analyzing-threadripper-cooling-big-base-cooling-wins">AnandTech</a> <br />
<a href="https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813144019">MSI B350M Gaming Pro</a> review @ <a href="http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-b350m-gaming-pro-review,1.html">Guru3D</a> <br />
Intel SSD DC P4510 NVMe PCIe review @ <a href="https://hothardware.com/reviews/intel-ssd-dc-p4510-nvme-pcie-review">HotHardware</a> <br />
<a href="https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352086">Fractal Design Meshify C Mini</a> review @ <a href="https://www.kitguru.net/components/leo-waldock/fractal-design-meshify-c-mini-review-meshify-c-gets-smaller/">KitGuru</a> <br />
<a href="https://smile.amazon.com/XPG-S10-512-GB-ASX7000NPC-512GT-C/dp/B07418TS9P">ADATA XPG Gammix S10 512 GB</a> PCIe NVMe SSD review @ <a href="http://www.legitreviews.com/adata-xpg-gammix-s10-512gb-pcie-nvme-ssd-review_203430">Legit Reviews</a> <br />
iKBC MF108 V.2 keyboard review @ <a href="https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/iKBC/MF108_RGB_V2/">TechPowerUp</a> <br />
Games, culture, and VR <br />
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<p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33377/everything-you-think-is-wrong-day-shortbread">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/Tt8yRPBa0hs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:41:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33377/everything-you-think-is-wrong-day-shortbreadhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/s3ubBW4rtO4/intel-has-microcode-updates-for-modern-cpus-and-fixed-silicon-for-late-2018https://techreport.com/news/33380/intel-has-microcode-updates-for-modern-cpus-and-fixed-silicon-for-late-2018Intel has microcode updates for modern CPUs and fixed silicon for late 2018<p>Back in January, Intel&#39;s CEO Brian Krzanich <a href="/news/33108/intel-promises-speedy-exploit-patches-in-its-security-first-pledge">wrote an open letter</a> promising speedy Spectre and Meltdown patches. He later on <a href="https://techreport.com/news/33170/spectre-and-meltdown-hardened-intel-cpus-will-arrive-later-this-year">remarked</a> that the company&#39;s first products to &quot;address the <a href="https://techreport.com/news/33026/researchers-reveal-meltdown-and-spectre-cpu-exploits">Spectre and Meltdown threats</a> in hardware&quot; would show up this year. Today, Krzanich authored <a href="https://newsroom.intel.com/editorials/advancing-security-silicon-level/">a blog post</a> that says the company has microcode updates ready for all of its products released in the past five years, and that CPUs with &quot;hardware-based protection&quot; for the security flaws will launch toward the end of 2018.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pi2ftnlfImo?rel=0&amp;vq=hd720" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="620"></iframe> ...</p><p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33380/intel-has-microcode-updates-for-modern-cpus-and-fixed-silicon-for-late-2018">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/s3ubBW4rtO4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:12:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33380/intel-has-microcode-updates-for-modern-cpus-and-fixed-silicon-for-late-2018http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/3EzdR8ZyGqc/cts-labs-defends-its-public-disclosure-of-amd-vulnerabilitieshttps://techreport.com/news/33379/cts-labs-defends-its-public-disclosure-of-amd-vulnerabilitiesCTS Labs defends its public disclosure of AMD vulnerabilities<p>CTS Labs <a href="https://techreport.com/news/33368/security-firm-discloses-range-of-ryzen-epyc-and-amd-chipset-vulnerabilities">has received scrutiny this week</a> for its decision to publicize the flaws it claims to have located in AMD&#39;s chipsets and Secure Processor architecture rather than pursue the traditional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsible_disclosure">responsible vulnerability disclosure model</a>. Security researchers typically contact the manufacturer of the vulnerable technology and give the company or companies 30-90 days to create and distribute fixes. In a public letter, CTS Labs&#39; CTO Ilia Luk-Zilberman describes how he <a href="https://safefirmware.com/CTO+Letter.pdf">takes issue with the traditional model</a>, and how the group of researchers decided the best course of action was to make the public immediately aware of the alleged flaws but withhold the technical details.</p><p><img height="116" src="/r.x/2018_03_15_CTS_Labs_explains_disclosure_motivations/clip2.jpg" width="569" /> ...</p><p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33379/cts-labs-defends-its-public-disclosure-of-amd-vulnerabilities">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/3EzdR8ZyGqc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:05:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33379/cts-labs-defends-its-public-disclosure-of-amd-vulnerabilitieshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techreport/all/~3/8Rg0Lw5bRdQ/logitech-g560-speakers-and-g513-keyboard-offer-mood-lightinghttps://techreport.com/news/33378/logitech-g560-speakers-and-g513-keyboard-offer-mood-lightingLogitech's G560 speakers and G513 keyboard offer mood lighting<p>There&#39;s a huge gulf in immersion between playing a game on a monitor and playing it in VR. There aren&#39;t many ways to step out into that gap, but one of them is through reactive mood lighting. Technologies like Philips&#39; <a href="https://www.philips.co.uk/c-m-so/televisions/p/ambilight">Ambilight</a> improve immersion by smoothing over the harsh disconnect between what you&#39;re looking at and what&#39;s in your peripheral vision. Logitech is the latest company to offer a product in this vein with its <a href="https://blog.logitech.com/2018/03/14/g560-g513/">Lightsync technology</a> found on the new <a href="https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/product/g560-rgb-gaming-speakers?wt.mc_id=global_news_G560">G560 speakers</a> and <a href="https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/gaming-keyboards/g513-backlit-mechanical-gaming-keyboard">G513 mechanical keyboard</a>.</p><p><img height="300" src="/r.x/2018_03_15_Logitech_Lightsync/lightsync.jpg" width="620" /> ...</p><p><a href="https://techreport.com/news/33378/logitech-g560-speakers-and-g513-keyboard-offer-mood-lighting">Read more...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techreport/all/~4/8Rg0Lw5bRdQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:16:00 -0500https://techreport.com/news/33378/logitech-g560-speakers-and-g513-keyboard-offer-mood-lighting